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by diggan 677 days ago
> It's funny how we drill the idea that everything must be reimplemented from first principles into students, only to flip that when they join the workforce.

Kind of makes sense, doesn't it? While in school, you want to learn as much as possible (ideally?), while in the workforce, you want (or the company wants you) to be as efficient as possible. Different goals leads to different workflows.